It's actually John Green, the guy that does the Mental Floss videos on youtube and one half of the Vlog Brothers.
Things you hate that everyone else seems to like?
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Well, if it helps any, I actually kinda liked The Fault In Our Stars. I mean, it's not super deep art, but for a first book I found it pretty good and enjoyable.
Why are the ratings so high then?
Not a first book. =^^= It's his fourth I believe.
I don't mind The Fault in our Stars but I don't understand why everyone is losing their mind over it? I mean..c'mon, if you didn't see the ending coming, I would be shocked.
And I find it interesting that he doesn't think it's his best work either. I'll see if I can find it, but he made a post on tumblr about how he feels about it. How it's not his best writing and he sees a lot of flaws in it and I think he's generally surprised it's as popular as it is, since none of his other books have reached any real status.
I do actually like both Hank and John, though.
Huh, for some reason I thought it was his first. Maybe because it's the only one I ever heard of.
Yep, I would imagine that would be the reason.
But hey, if you liked The Fault in our Stars, you could give his other books a try now.
GasBandit
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This tweaked a personal soapbox of mine:
I'm OK with somebody saying "there are no surprises in this movie, it's entirely predictable" and that's a fair critique (a lot/most of network television goes this way IMO these days). But how often do you go into a movie and NOT know the general idea of how it's ending? That's not a fair critique in itself IMO.
Haven't read the book, so won't comment on that, but wanted to point out this line here: why are people so disappointed if you can see the ending coming? When I read a mystery novel, do you expect to NOT know who did it at the end? Obviously there's degrees here, in that "Oh I didn't know it was the maid, I thought for sure it was the butler!" or whatever, but in any media, you have certain expectations, and yet too often people are disappointed when those expectations are met. I like the good twist as much as anybody else, but walking into Avatar, did you expect to see the marines win in the end? Really? Or are you disappointed that you could "see it coming" that the Joker loses in a Batman movie?
I'm OK with somebody saying "there are no surprises in this movie, it's entirely predictable" and that's a fair critique (a lot/most of network television goes this way IMO these days). But how often do you go into a movie and NOT know the general idea of how it's ending? That's not a fair critique in itself IMO.
I say that because people are heralding it is 'so different'. And it's not. So, if I can see an ending coming from something that's 'so different', I don't get why people are saying as such. That's all.
But carry on. Soapbox away.
But carry on. Soapbox away.
Ah, Maleficent, you could have been such a good movie if you had been able to keep a consistent tone.
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The appeal of dan brown is that he sets up these easy puzzles that everyone can solve right away amd then feel really smart and smug.[DOUBLEPOST=1402355942,1402355776][/DOUBLEPOST]
Because for better or worse, McDonalds perfected the recipes that appeal directly to base nutritional urges?
Oh man, I've never figured out his stuff.But then again, I've not read any of it either.
Oh, oh, I thought of another one.
Watermelon.
Everyone seems to love watermelon, I can't stand it. I've only ever met ONE other person of a like-mind in this regard, and she too, thought she was the only one.[DOUBLEPOST=1402360868,1402360821][/DOUBLEPOST]
Watermelon.
Everyone seems to love watermelon, I can't stand it. I've only ever met ONE other person of a like-mind in this regard, and she too, thought she was the only one.[DOUBLEPOST=1402360868,1402360821][/DOUBLEPOST]
Nah, I think I'll stay.
Holy shit, you're still around!?
GasBandit
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Dear god the World Cup. A thousand times the world cup.
